Louis: The Louis Armstrong Story, 1900-1971 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780306803246)

As trumpet player and singer, Louis Armstrong is the single most important figure in jazz history, and one of the most influential musicians--in any category--in this century. He was also, as this book relates, a wonderful character: actor, clown, raconteur, a tough kid when he came to Chicago from New Orleans who mellowed into one of the music's true statesmen. This biography includes not only a gripping narrative written by two of the most reliable jazz historians, but also a chronology, film list, and selection of photos. He was the most beloved of jazz musicians, a hero to everyone from Eddie Condon and Bobby Hackett to Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman. His basically happy life is here memorably told, with a new preface by Dan Morgenstern who describes Armstrong's central place in world music.

Author: Max Jones, John Chilton
ISBN-10: 0306803240
ISBN-13: 9780306803246
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 03/22/1988
Pages: 302
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.39w x 0.74d